Special Report

Fire damaged warehouse scheduled for demolition

Former S&P Meats site now under city oversight

August 25, 2022

Virginia Thomas

The fire-damaged, 30,000-square-foot former S&P Meats warehouse in East Spokane is being demolished.

Apartments planned at Sunset Hill restaurant site

Rustle project to rise by midsummer 2023

August 25, 2022

Virginia Thomas

The Fiesta Charra restaurant, located on Sunset Hill in west Spokane, is being demolished and replaced with a three-story apartment building. Rustle Project LLC, the company behind the Rustle Apartments project, is governed by Mike Schneider

24-unit apartment project gets nod in Spokane Valley

Building will be first of four planned at site near former waterpark

August 25, 2022

Karina Elias

The city of Spokane Valley has approved a building permit for a new $4.6 million, 24-unit apartment structure dubbed Splashdown Apartments to be constructed at 1624 N. Bowdish, in Spokane Valley.

Around Town

Real Estate Transactions and Other Business Moves in the Inland Northwest

August 25, 2022

Staff Report

Spokane Northwest Center, a Renton, Washington-based nonprofit, has leased 11,100 square feet of office and warehouse space at the International Gateway Center, at 10102 E. Knox, Ste. 100, in Spokane Valley, where the company is opening a new office.

Projected real estate dip could reduce agent numbers

Industry here could be buoyed by market's momentum, in-migration

August 25, 2022

Virginia Thomas

Real estate experts and market observers here predict an impending economic downturn will have a winnowing effect on the industry's workforce, though Spokane's popularity as a target for in-migration could slow the effects of a downturn on the local

Spokane bucks small business rent-delinquency trend

Some starting leases have begun to increase

August 25, 2022

Karina Elias

Commercial real estate industry experts in Spokane say that although a rise in commercial rent delinquencies is being reported across the country, Lilac City's small businesses have proven resilient, bucking national trends.

The Final Yard: Last commercial developments in Kendall Yards envisioned

Last commercial development takes shape in popular Kendall Yards neighborhood

August 25, 2022

Erica Bullock

In Kendall Yards, three new commercial projects are under consideration in the last chunk of undeveloped land in the business district. At present, just 25% of land within the 20-acre commercial district remains undeveloped, says Jim Frank

Gold loses luster as hedge against market dip, inflation

Precious metal prices haven't rallied as some had thought they would during a bear market

August 11, 2022

Michael Maehl

It's no fun paying up for essential goods and services, but what's mostly overlooked is the fact that many people will buy them regardless of price. So they may be suffering from inflation, but by paying much higher prices for discretionary purchases,

Earnings fall at many banks with Spokane presence

Some institutions blame lack of PPP funds; others fault rising interest rates

August 11, 2022

Virginia Thomas

More than half of the banks with a presence in the Spokane area report a decrease in earnings for the second quarter of this year. Of 13 institutions with readily available earnings reports that have at least one branch in Spokane County, eight saw second

Young Spokane fintech Haploos goes public (sector)

Virtual credit card maker receives approval from federal agencies

August 11, 2022

Karina Elias

Spokane-based fintech company Haploos Inc. has received clearances from three federal government departments that company CEO Josh Arritola hopes will open up new markets for its virtual credit card. This spring, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban